Echezonachukwu Nduka

Apr 19, 2024 | opencountrymag.com | Paula Willie-Okafor |Echezonachukwu Nduka

Funke Oyenuga is determined to blend in. A mixed-race girl in late 1970s Nigeria, she is the stark opposite of her British mother, who is red-headed, exuberant, and always seems to stand out. Despite the disapproval of her parents’ marriage from both sides, theirs is a happy family, living in Lagos, days filled with trips to Tarkwa Bay and the exclusive Ikoyi Club, bicycle racing, and swanky parties with expatriate wives and family friends.

Jun 10, 2023 | opencountrymag.com | Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera |Echezonachukwu Nduka

Three things happen at the beginning of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s third novel When We Were Fireflies. First, the protagonist Yarima Lalo, a lovelorn artist, in a scuffle on a train suddenly remembers that the last time he was alive, he had been killed at that same train station. Second, he meets a woman who asks him for the time. Third, he discovers the time in the clock in which most of the magical events in his life occurs.